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October 04, 2025

Filtered: Super-Agers’ Secret, A Silenced Comedian, Hegseth’s Critique

1 hour

On today’s episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, we cover five big stories: the one habit super-agers share that preserves memory into the 80s and 90s; Indian comedian Kunal Kamra’s silencing after a joke about Prime Minister Modi; mass resignations after editorial edits to a Charlie Kirk piece in Alaska; conservative blowback and personal scandals roiling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; and early polling showing Trump and Republicans taking more blame for the government shutdown even while his approval holds steady.

Episode Guide (timestamps):

0:00 - Teaser & intro

1:21 - Super-agers & social connection

11:09 - Kunal Kamra, free speech in India

16:26 - Alaska newsroom resignations over Charlie Kirk story

24:56 - Pete Hegseth: conservative rebuke and controversies

43:20 - Polling: who voters blame for the shutdown

47:56 - Closing thoughts

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